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by svat 5799 days ago
Scott Aaronson does not explicitly say the proof is wrong, but says

> If P≠NP has indeed been proved, my life will change so dramatically that having to pay $200,000 will be the least of it. […] If P≠NP is proved, then to whatever extent theoretical computer science continues to exist at all, it will have a very different character.

and

> I can afford $200k, but not in the same way Bill Gates can afford $200k.

1 comments

Discussed here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1587405

As randomwalker says, it's not entirely obvious that Aaronson is betting against the proof.

It is.
It wasn't, when the comment you just downmodded was written. There's a reason Aaronson's posted multiple clarifications, after all...